Highlights
Exclusive: As Feds Step Back, States Step Up Sharing Ways to Boost Student Achievement - The 74 - 23 October 2025
Black enrollment is waning at many elite colleges after affirmative action ban, AP analysis finds - Associated Press - 23 October 2025
Education Department layoffs illegally burden students with disabilities, advocates say - News from the States - 22 October 2025
Why Impact Investing Might Collapse and How to Stop It - Stanford Social Innovation Review - 23 October 2025
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Deep Dive: Government Shutdown
GOP senator blocks Democratic bill to pay all federal employees during shutdown - The Hill - 23 October 2025
Shutdown likely to halt food benefits for 42 million in just days - News from the States - 22 October 2025
In Fourth Week, Government Shutdown Increasingly Hinders Higher Ed - Inside Higher Ed - 23 October 2025
Head Start programs flash red lights ahead of November funding cliff - NBC News - 22 October 2025
Head Start teacher on working without pay during the government shutdown - KGOU - 23 October 2025
K-12 Education
How schools can help students gain durable skills - K-12 Dive - 23 October 2025
How Changes to Fourth-Grade Reading Standards and Research-Backed Approaches Can Improve Reading Achievement - Center for American Progress - 23 October 2025
How longevity led to achievement gains in Compton USD - K-12 Dive - 23 October 2025
Building a new American high school - Indiana Capital Chronicle - 23 October 2025
Higher Education
State Financial Aid Increased 12% in 2023–24 - Inside Higher Ed - 23 October 2025
You got into college! The catch: You still have to apply - Baltimore Banner (subscription model) - 23 October 2025
Amid Trump’s Assault on Higher Ed and DEI, Free Speech Advocates Stay Busy - Inside Higher Ed - 23 October 2025
Why millions are failing college math — and how to fix it - The Hill - 23 October 2025
Harvard sees drop in Black, Hispanic student admissions, rise in Asian Americans - The Hill - 23 October 2025
University of Virginia makes deal with Trump administration to halt investigations - NPR - 23 October 2025
SAT and ACT participation remains below pre-pandemic levels - Higher Ed Dive - 23 October 2025
You’re in and Didn’t Even Apply? Why College Direct Admissions Is Growing Nationally - EdSource - 23 October 2025
Early Learning & Child Care
Survey: Nearly Half of Families with Young Kids Struggling to Meet Basic Needs - The 74 - 23 October 2025
How Brilliant Toddlers Became the Center of Attention in New York’s Mayoral Race - The Wall Street Journal (subscription model) - 22 October 2025
U.S. Department of Education
Judge orders Department of Defense to restore books removed from schools over 'wokeness' - USA Today (subscription model) - 21 October 2025
Opinion: Federal Data Is the Basis for Everything We Know About Schools. It Must Be Saved - The 74 - 23 October 2025
Learner Health & Well-Being
Study: More Young People in California Struggling with Anxiety, Stress and Social Media - LA School Report - 23 October 2025
In a small Alabama town, a dentist weighs whether to stop treating kids on Medicaid - Stateline - 23 October 2025
You’re Getting ‘Screen Time’ Wrong - The Atlantic (subscription model) - 23 October 2025
AI & EdTech
How ChatGPT Encourages Teens to Engage in Dangerous Behavior - Inside Higher Ed - 23 October 2025
Sociable: Google offers AI education in new ‘Skills’ platform - HR Dive - 23 October 2025
Prohibition Didn’t Stop Alcohol Use. Will It Work With AI? - EdSurge - 23 October 2025
Meet the people who dare to say no to artificial intelligence - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 23 October 2025
State & Local News
New Jersey | Reading push: Newark Public Schools gets $460,000 to improve literacy outcomes - Chalkbeat Newark - 22 October 2025
Oklahoma | Oklahoma State Board of Education approves $4 billion budget request - Oklahoma Voice - 23 October 2025
Pennsylvania | After a $25 million curriculum overhaul, Philly’s reading scores have fallen - Chalkbeat Philadelphia - 23 October 2025
Texas | Texas Education Agency Taking Over Fort Worth ISD - The 74 - 23 October 2025
Texas | Abbott spooks academia after declaring Texas will go after professors for ‘ideological differences’ - The Hill 23 October 2025
Virginia | Virginia is making it harder for students to pass end-of-year exams - The Washington Post (subscription model) - 22 October 2025
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